WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

We believe that if you empower a woman by improving social, economic and educational opportunities there will be a ripple effect of development across the community, contributing to make change happen!

„Investing in a woman means investing in the future of her children, family and the community.“

Before we started working in Douar Anzal, Morocco (a village community about 90 minutes from Marrakesh in the Atlas Mountains), we did a zero measurement study of education and work opportunities in the region. The result was shocking: Almost 80% of the women were illiterate and the same quota did not have permanent work, demonstrating clearly, that a focus in education would be the basis for employment and independency.

Basic literacy training is the foundation of our work – but it does not stop there. We encourage the women to be self-sustainable by getting work opportunities so that in the long-term they can operate indepently of us and be self-sufficient. The focus lies, among other things, on craft work training, which allows them to make carpets and bags.

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ABURY ensures that not only fair prices and working conditions are secured, but also that the profits are shared fairly. With this money, the ABURY Foundation is then able to develop social projects within the community, such as wells, schools etc."

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hrough the Abury Foundation, Kolb has set up a school in the Atlas Mountains where, since 2013, it has funded 25,000 teaching hours – enough for 20 women and 27 children to learn how to read (the illiteracy rate in the area stands at about 65 per cent).

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his is how the ABURY Foundation was born – a charity with two main goals: to support development co-operations and education in the communities. The charity offers free preschool for children, as long as their mothers also go to school, learning to read and write.